For example: porridge, apples and pears. .....
What to eat for your birthday:
Birthday cake, cake is a must, especially for children and young people. If you are elderly, you should also buy it, because it is already very common. Whether they like it or not is one thing, and whether they can take the form is another matter.
Eat longevity noodles, longevity noodles are noodles, and there can be many kinds. This is a saying, because the length of noodles can indicate longevity. Some restaurants will send birthday noodles. Eating longevity noodles can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty. On the birthday of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the chef made a desktop. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very unhappy and thought, "I am the emperor, so I eat such worthless noodles on my birthday?" So I asked everyone: "according to the photo album, when a person grows up, his life will be long." If he is 1 inch long, he can live to 100 years old. Is that so? " Dong Fangshuo said, "I'm not laughing at your majesty, but at Peng Zu. People live 65,438+000 years, of which 65,438+0 inches are long. Peng Zu lived 800 years and was eight inches long. How long his face is! If you want to live a long life, you can't have a long face, but you can think of a flexible way to express your desire to live a long life. Face is face, face is long. The chef is borrowing long noodles to wish the emperor a long life! " Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy after hearing this, so eating noodles on his birthday gradually became a custom.
Eating eggs, people in some places have the custom of eating eggs on their birthdays, and they need to roll on their bodies several times, which is called "roller disaster". There are also allusions about why we eat eggs. From the book of songs in Shang dynasty, the mysterious bird born of destiny. It tells the story of a woman named Judy who met a swallow egg when she went out in ancient times. After she ate it, she gave birth to Qi, the ancestor of Shang Dynasty. People wanted their children to be as talented as Qi, so they began to give each other swallow eggs.
Eating peaches represents longevity, so they are usually eaten on birthdays. The custom of eating peaches comes from a story. It is said that Sun Bin didn't come home for a long time when he was studying with Guiguzi outside. One day he thought it was his mother's birthday, so he asked his master for leave to go home for his mother's birthday. Guiguzi said to Sun Bin, "You studied abroad and failed to serve your mother. I will give you a peach to take home for your mother's birthday. " Sun Bin's old mother became young after eating peaches. Then the news spread, and everyone began to follow Sun Bin's example and send peaches on her birthday.